HIERARCHICAL LIGHT INTENSITY CONTROL IN LIGHT PROJECTOR
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1. A light projection system comprising:
- an image forming subsystem configured at least to output a plurality of different color channels of light, the image forming subsystem comprising a plurality of light source subsystems each configured at least to generate a single color channel of the plurality of color channels output by the image forming subsystem, each light source subsystem comprising a plurality of lasers; and
a light-intensity-correction subsystem configured at least to;
determine laser light intensities output by individual lasers in each light source subsystem,control each light source subsystem to change a light intensity of an individual laser if an absolute value of the corresponding determined laser light intensity deviates from a predetermined laser light intensity by a first threshold amount;
determine a color channel intensity for each of the plurality of color channels;
control each light source subsystem to change a light intensity output therefrom if an absolute value of the corresponding determined color channel intensity deviates from a predetermined color channel intensity by a second threshold amount;
determine a white point of the plurality of color channels; and
control the light source subsystems to change an intensity of one or more of the plurality of color channels if an absolute value of the determined white point deviates from a predetermined white point by a third threshold amount.
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Abstract
In a light projection system, potentially hierarchical levels of light intensity control ensure proper laser-light output intensity, color channel intensity, white point, left/right image intensity balancing, or combinations thereof The light projection system can include a light intensity sensor in an image path, in a light-source subsystem light-dump path, in a light-modulation subsystem light-dump path, in a position to measure light leaked from optical components, or combinations thereof.
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1. A light projection system comprising:
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an image forming subsystem configured at least to output a plurality of different color channels of light, the image forming subsystem comprising a plurality of light source subsystems each configured at least to generate a single color channel of the plurality of color channels output by the image forming subsystem, each light source subsystem comprising a plurality of lasers; and a light-intensity-correction subsystem configured at least to; determine laser light intensities output by individual lasers in each light source subsystem, control each light source subsystem to change a light intensity of an individual laser if an absolute value of the corresponding determined laser light intensity deviates from a predetermined laser light intensity by a first threshold amount; determine a color channel intensity for each of the plurality of color channels; control each light source subsystem to change a light intensity output therefrom if an absolute value of the corresponding determined color channel intensity deviates from a predetermined color channel intensity by a second threshold amount; determine a white point of the plurality of color channels; and control the light source subsystems to change an intensity of one or more of the plurality of color channels if an absolute value of the determined white point deviates from a predetermined white point by a third threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for correcting light intensity generated by an image forming system, the method comprising:
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generating, from the image forming system, a plurality of different color channels of light, the image forming system comprising a plurality of light source subsystems each configured at least to generate a single color channel of the plurality of color channels generated by the image forming system, each light source subsystem comprising a plurality of lasers; determining laser light intensities output by individual lasers in each light source subsystem, controlling each light source subsystem to change a light intensity of an individual laser if an absolute value of the corresponding determined laser light intensity deviates from a predetermined laser light intensity by a first threshold amount; determining a color channel intensity for each of the plurality of color channels; controlling each light source subsystem to change a light intensity output therefrom if an absolute value of the corresponding determined color channel intensity deviates from a predetermined color channel intensity by a second threshold amount; determining a white point of the plurality of color channels; and controlling the light source subsystems to change an intensity of one or more of the plurality of color channels if an absolute value of the determined white point deviates from a predetermined white point by a third threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A light projection system comprising:
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an image forming subsystem configured at least to output of a plurality of different color channels of light, the image forming subsystem comprising a plurality of light source subsystems each configured at least to generate a single color channel of the plurality of color channels output by the image forming subsystem, each light source subsystem comprising a plurality of lasers; and a light-intensity-correction subsystem configured at least to; determine first that a color channel intensity from a first of the light source subsystems is lower than a predetermined color channel intensity by at least a threshold amount; determine second that the color channel intensity from the first light source subsystem cannot be increased to within the threshold amount of the predetermined color channel intensity; and control, in response to the second determining, a second light source subsystem to reduce its color channel intensity. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method for correcting light intensity generated by an image forming system, the method comprising:
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generating, from the image forming subsystem, a plurality of different color channels of light, the image forming subsystem comprising a plurality of light source subsystems each configured at least to generate a single color channel of the plurality of color channels generated by the image forming subsystem, each light source subsystem comprising a plurality of lasers; determining, first, that a color channel intensity from a first of the light source subsystems is lower than a predetermined color channel intensity by a threshold amount; determining, second, that the color channel intensity from the first light source subsystem cannot be increased to within the threshold amount of the predetermined color channel intensity; and controlling, in response to the second determining, a second light source subsystem to reduce its color channel intensity to within a threshold amount of the first light source subsystem'"'"'s color channel intensity. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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